MSIT-431 Web Page for Fall 2011


Office at Room M468
Phone 1-8175
ahaddad@eecs.northwestern.edu

Notices Relevant to the Course

Course Outline


Course schedule:

Week #01 on September 17, 2011
Week #02 on September 24, 2011
Week #03 on October 1, 2011
Week #04 on October 15, 2011
Week #05 on October 22, 2011
Week #06 on October 29, 2011; MidTerm
Week #07 on November 5, 2011
Week #08 on November 12, 2011
Week #09 on November 19, 2011
Week #10 on December 3, 2011


Homeworks


Homework #1: due September 24, 2011

Postpone the "Additional Problem" to Homewrok #2


Homework #2: due October 1, 2011

Postpone problem 4 to Homewrok #3


Homework #3: due October 15, 2011

Include Problem 4 from Homework #2.


Homework #4: due October 22, 2011


Midterm

Midterm is set for Saturday (first hour only) October 29, 2011
Open books and notes (and minds as well)

Sample Midterm

Review session is set for Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 5:30 to 8:30(?) pm in Room M345
(end time is open depending on your questios).

Those of you who are free from 4:00 pm I am available for individual or group consultations.


Homework #5: due November 5, 2011
Problems 4-69, 4-95, 4-116, 4-119, 4-162, 4-176 in M&R textbook


Homework #6: due November 12, 2011


Homework #7: due November 19, 2011

Solution of Homework #7

Correlation sheet for Problem 4


Homework #8: due December 3, 2011


Course Notes

Course notes are posted in the form as in a textbook in pdf format.

Notes for Week #1 Pages 1-24

(pages 19-24 defer to Week #2)


Notes for Week #2 Pages 25-42

(pages 38-42 defer to Week #3)


Notes for Week #3 Pages 43-63

(pages 58-63 defer to Week #4)


Notes for Week #4 Pages 64-83

(pages 67-68 and 78-83 defer to Week #5)


Notes for Week #5 Pages 84-97


Notes for Week #6 Pages 98-116

(pages 107-116 defer to Week #7)


Notes for Week #7 Pages 117-138

(pages 117-138 defer to Week #8)

Spreadsheet for computing P(X=k), where X is the queue size
The computation uses 6 seconds. The steady state analytical result is shown on row 6007


Notes for Week #8 Pages 139-158

(pages 149-158 defer to Week #9)

Power Point Slides for Week #8


Notes for Week #9 Pages 159-177

(pages 174-177 defer to Week #10)


Notes for Week #10 Pages 178-201


Notes for Week #11 Pages 202-218

You may cover this material on your own. It provides applications to networks.



Evaluation

There will be weekly homework, can be turned in individually or by group.
The homework grade is used to break a tie if one falls between two grades.
Hence it is assigned a weight of just 10% of the grade.

There is an open book MidTerm in class (during week 6), and is worth 40% of the grade.

There is a take-home final to be turned in a few days after the end
of the course. It should be done individually and is worth 50% of the grade

Final Exam

Final Exam

Due via email on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 8:00 am.

Submission formats: pdf, doc, and xls -- make sure you write explicitly the equations you are using, just in case the numeric answer is wrong.

If you have questions, the answers, if relevant, will be sent to the entire class.

Some of you requested a problem like #11 so I provided that problem and you must solve ONLY 10 problems. You lose points if you turn in 11 and increase my load by 10%.